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It is

THE CHINA MAITA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1960, R

WOMANSENSE

woman's place

JUST THAT-NO QUESTION-MARKS

a smart, blue

booklet. On the cover

is a pretty girl with

NO DOTS, NO DOUBTS

mascara on her eye women who sit behind coveted lashes and a look of desks.

that,

She was flanked by two hench- similarly charming; pearls instead of coral. All very helpful.

outward bounding deter- women, mination in her eyes.

The title is "A Woman's Pince." Just

No ques- tion-marks, no dota, no doubts.

It was written for women by #woman--Joan Barnes, 30-year- old spinster deputy chief of the Conservative Political Centre.

She has evidently gone tu great deal of trouble to tive on answer to the most complex, confusing, frustrating. and thought-provoking problem the twentieth-century woman faces: What is her place?

Miss Barnes, in essence, says: Giri, 1140 your capabilities. Come to Westminster ‘and unite, You have nothing to lose but the boredom of your homes.

Disappointing

WOMAN'S place, apparently, In polities. She has today "the opportunity to escape per- haps for u blessed hour from the demands of home

family...

frid

"Women have to make a special effort to overcome their dimdence in putting themselves forward... to play an active part in their political organisa- flons," says Milsa Barnes.

"Unless the call to politicni service is answered, Olar fret soclety Cannot survive... Women now can and will re- spond." And so it goes on, And on. And on.

Yes, it is pretty disappoipting stuff if you are one of the mil- lions of women who genuinely. even desperately, want to know their place.

Their three voices, they assured me, could be taken for one. "We all think alike," they agreed.

I asked the onc volco three questions, Didn't they feel. I wondered, that men were per- turbod by women who could smother their diffidence and put themselves forward and earn fots of money and achieve great in dependence?

"No," nald the three wise women, men are very sensible these days."

Boring

were

by Sally Vincent

opening the door to outside activities more in keeping with their general capabilities."

I asked my last question. Ilad they never sensed a sadness successful career women?

The three-la-one-voice very amused,

Clever

woman happy. Thousands are engaged in at the moment. It 15 a fascinating business rather like climbing a mountain in because it's there an expression of courage I never did see any was sense in.

and "There are sad women

certainly happy women, we've never come across a woman who was sad about being successful."

THE The one voice generalized, particularised, and rationalised accurately enough has brought

to to order. I was outnumbered. women

the point where Joan Barnes was sticking to her they've

been

the educated, guns. The modern woman goes country needia their services, on from here. On to great they're as elever as men and free things. Into the Houses of Par- to prove it. llament. On to the Top, for ever

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TUIE pattern of emancipation which Joan Barnes outlines

They end up behind big desks DIDN'T they feel, I asked, that, lousain, something like 2,000,000 being very important-and won-

by

Today, something like dering where they go from there. their homes and families, it women in Britain will find them-

I don't think that Joan would be better to help them to selves in a position-through Barnes has found the answer. I be interested in them, rather their direct association with

thinit a lot of twentieth-century than tell them how to spend the Tory organisation to be spurred women are beginning to use boring times doing something onwards by Joan Barnes's book-

their Freedom and their Rights let. And I hope there is not one

and their Equality to make their outside the home?

who falls for the propagando,

homes places that do not boru them. Because getting to the top is

made a a pursuit that never

"No," they said, more or less our experience, in unison,

by women are made happler

-London Express Service).

LADY

your

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LUCK

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21

AQUARIUS (January 21.

February 19): You can best repay your partner for his very high opinion of you by doing your utmost to justify it.

PISCES (February 20-March 20): It would be advisable to concentrate on the com- pletion of one task instead of extending your efforts in too many directions at the same time.

customs the sooner he will bo made to feel at home. CANCER. (June 22-July 21): If your anger has beca roused by an unfair action, let off steam by confronting the offender and asking for an explanation.

LEO (July 22-August 213: You may have to sacrifico some of your spare time for. an act of charity, and should: be glad you are able to help someone less fortunate tha yourself. VIRGO

22- (August September 22): If you have an opportunity to do a friend a good turn, don't try to benefit by it materially.

(September 23-

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The conclusion of a success- ful den will make all your intensive efforts of preparn- tion well worth while. TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

You should use

your in LIBRA fluence in your social circle.ctober 22): A person born under Aquarius will come to put a stop to the growing tendency to gossip.

into your life and enrich it with his stimulative panionship. SCORPIO

GEMINI (May 21-June 21); A newcomer should be made to realise that the sooner he himself to local adapts

STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Who Went Farthest?

-An Old Postage Stamp Wins The Argument-

By MAX TRELL

But there is stili career wanau Joan Barnes herself. And to NARF, have written under such a Ulle.

Shadow Boy with the Turned - About

Hand, went

I thought, she must be one of Name, came into the room anal, the few intelligent career wonien rein: Is nister who do not indulge in 1050 agonising, self-analyticni sessions over and sat down beside her.

which come under the heading

of "Where am I going?

How

Hand was reading a book

up at her brother She looked

wilt it all finish up?"

In surple.

Hopefully went to see

Joan

"You've been gone all after-

you been?"

be

In storeroom

"Well," sald Knarf, "most of the trunks were empty. But in one trumle that was in back of the vellar, there was a pair of old shoes and an old rubber ball anál an old umbrella and an old kile and an old penny and an old letter with an old stamp on it."

Funny collection "What a duruy collection of

said Hardd.

"Yes," said Knarf, "but the old rubber ball said that he hau rolled Него

and ther and everywhere-up in the moun- tains and down at the cathore and in the forests and in the elly street"

"I still think," vald Hanid, "that the umbrella went the farthest and sow the most of the world. He went across the country."

"Then the kite pcke," cald Kaart "It suft that while the others in the trunk had. trav- eled far and wide, ise had trav- aled high up, almost as ligh'as

And he had seen the clouds. more of the world at one time top of the sky than all the others put together.”

Barnes, 1 felt that she might now," she said. "Where have t," said Knart. "and they from the

have an answer that she could

not insinuate into a publication that was supposed Lo essentially political.

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were all talking"

Hanid 'agrees When she heard this, Hanid had to agree that the kite was

"Things like that don't talk," "I wo? down in the

cellar said Hanid. in the storeroom," Knarf said.

"Storeroom?" repeated Hand. Karf "Wha! reason had you to be thought I heard them. It was "I'm sure," che said, "that there?"

CHE sat in her office, a charm- Ing, attractive woman, in aquare-shouldered green suit and a coral necklace. Her hands are capable and ringless, her hair is well groomed, bland, serene, wide smite I have spend caly ever

was looking in rome old trunks, Knart replied.

Hanid wanted to know what her brother had seen in the old had made him her smile the trunks that

whole the

afternoon un successful loolding inside them.

scen

Christmas Holiday Cooking

by HELEN BURKE

PART from the Christmas Cake itself, make

the penny and the stamp on the letter didn't go as far nor see as much of the world as the umbrella and the kite."

"I heard them talling," said

"Or maybe I just right. sort of dark in the back of the collar and it was a very old trunk and all those things in it old. And maybe they didn't even know that anyme was listening and-"

Interrupted him Hanid interrupted. smiled

"Tell me what they

she told Knart.

Sho

zate,"

ard

"It was an argument," Kaart. "I mean, it was almost

more

argu-

ja quarrel. They were all boast

had ing about how far they gome and how much of the world they had seen."

Hand said she wanted to know

about this in advance some tea specialities "a la Maison." ment or quarrel among the as-

sortment of old things inside. My favourite tea bread is a "garland" of a very the old trunk in the storeroom light yeast mixture full of fruit and nuts. This in the back of the collar, one will keep very well for several days.

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Scald a scant pint milk, the ends. (Or halve the mixture leave it to cool to blood heat, and make 2 smaller rings.) then stir it into 1oz. bakers' Next, with kitchen, scissors, yeast. Sift together 1lb. slightly cut three-quarter way through warmed flour and a generous to the centre at 14-1ch inter- vals and turn cach piece over teaspoon salt and stir atout a quarter of them into the milk to reveal the filling. Again leave and yeast. Bent very well, then to rise in a warm place for 20 leave in a warm place until it minutes. Lightly brush with top milk cream and bake for 15 to bubbles nicely.

20 minutes at 400 degrees Fahr. or gas mark 0.

Warm place

When the "garland" is cold, cont it with evator or glaze icing

roughly top.

Pair of shoes "Well," said Knarf, "the pair of old shoes maid that they had gone the farthest.

"If you think that, then you're wrong." said Knarf. "Be- cause the penny went all over from one person

to another, from one city to another, up and down the whole country. least that's what it said."

At

Told the truth "And I think it was telling the truth," said Hanick "I'm, sure that penny went farther than any of the other of things in the trunk."

Knarf shook his head. "You should have heard what the old stamp said.

Knari opened the trunk sal saw an unbrella in it.

crossed the occan and It went over mountains and across for ests and in and out of a bun- dred aitles.

"And, what's more," sald Knart, "The stamp told every one in the trunk that it had taken the letter with it all the way.

Second half of world "And, what's still more," added Khand, "the stomp said it had been brought back by somebody all around the other hall of the world, back to the old trunk again."

"That was a very funny ar- gument," Hanid såld to Knart. "Did shoes and umbrella ani ball and kite and penny all agree that the stamp had gone the farthest?"

Knarf said he didn't lotow the because at that moment "It said that It went from janitor of the house had come America halfway around tho along and shut the trunk and world to India. It valled on Knart had not heard another a ship and rode on a train. It wood.

JACOBY on BRIDGE

Thov shid that they had walked all around the tow They said that they had seen more of the world than mono

did not make a re else in the trud"

WEST

horest-to-goodness nothing "Did the others

agree with

acked play with today's hand, but he the old pair of shoes?"

did overlook a possible win- Hamid.

"They did not!" said Knarf. ning defence.

He opened the four of clubs. The old umbrella said that he'd gone much, much farther Dummy's jack produced East's than the old pair of shoes.

and sprinkle further 1oz. Crossed the country

Add a beaten egg and the re- maining flour and mix well. Blend in 4 oz. sugar and 3 oz.

chopped walnuts 011 butter and lervo In a warm

Ör glaze it with table- place for 1 to 11⁄2 hours Holl out into very thin long strip, spoons apricot jam warmod with 1 tablespoon water and then betweert & and 0 inches wide. Spread with 1oz. soBened butter steved, at sprinide the walnuts

on' top. then sprinkle 1oz. or re of soft over the surfaco. brown' euger Mix together 5 oz. each currants and seedless rating, loz chopped peel, 1oz. roughly chopped walts and,ked on- spoon ground cinamon and a pinch of grated nutmeg.

Roll up like a Swiss roll, but from the long ide. Form info a ring on a briding sheet naut join

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Fresh vegetables should be refrigerated at a relatively high humidity to preserve their vila- min C content.

A new carpet given off lot of fluff. Don't be in too much of a hurry to brush off this ful; it la boss not to UND vacuum cleaner on a NEW ONE- vel for at least six months.

(London Express Service).

queen and South's ace and South led a trump to dummy's East won with the aco king. that antt led a heart. South ruffed **Tha unbrella said

heart lend; custed once, quite long ago, he had a second gone on a train all across the one trump and ployed the nee,

kding and a mall diamond. country."

nt was pretty far," said Hanid.

Rupert and the Purple Star-21

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Neither can I Stare, can be found. And 1. sig Sam," believe that he has found out that dae't know that lingo,****

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At this point West had or should have had a compinte count of the hand, South had shown one heart and three din- monds. Ho might have started with, only four spades, but that On was extremely unlicely the other hand, ho could not have..more than five spades, so

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be had to have two clubs in addition, to the eco that he had

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should

West

If one of thooo clube happen to be the tight had a chance to give South a guess by leading a low chuty South did have the eight and It West had lod that low club South might well have gone wrong, but West simply led n third heart. South ruffed and Now played the club himself. Bouth find no guest. Ills only ore to make that important club trick would be to río, with the jacks after West played low, but actually West ved ali worries for him by going up with the king.

Com-

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(November SAGITTARIUS

22-December 21) If your partner raises objections to your over-spending, remem- ber that he has every right to do so. CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20): Don't base first impressions

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